Event Title
Digital Technology is not a Tool: The Limits of the "Tool" Conceptual Metaphor
Location
Moakley 131
Start Time
13-1-2010 10:30 AM
End Time
13-1-2010 11:20 AM
Description
The use of the "Technology as Tool" conceptual metaphor has long crippled serious consideration of how communication networks and devices constitute socio-cultural, legal, economic, and political identities and environments. From exploring notions of how social capital is constructed in "affinity spaces," to thinking about how games and applications embody unrecognized core values and assumptions, this presentation argues that to effectively think about the many challenges that emerge with new literacies, the "tool" metaphor should be retired.
Digital Technology is not a Tool: The Limits of the "Tool" Conceptual Metaphor
Moakley 131
The use of the "Technology as Tool" conceptual metaphor has long crippled serious consideration of how communication networks and devices constitute socio-cultural, legal, economic, and political identities and environments. From exploring notions of how social capital is constructed in "affinity spaces," to thinking about how games and applications embody unrecognized core values and assumptions, this presentation argues that to effectively think about the many challenges that emerge with new literacies, the "tool" metaphor should be retired.